Friday, December 9, 2016

The Middle Update 12/9/16

It's mid-December already, and the winter weather appears ready to be a solid presence in our lives for the next few months.  As we move closer to winter break, I am continually impressed by the way our teachers value the precious instructional minutes that we have with our students.  As we get closer to an extended break in a week and a half, this structure and focus are critical to ending 2016 on a positive, learning-focused note with momentum building towards even higher achievement for all in 2017.

The Rogness Babies are Here!
Julie and Kyle successfully welcomed Blake (6lbs, 14oz, 19.5in) and Will (6lbs, 5oz, 20in) into the world yesterday and reports from Julie indicate that everything is going great.

November/December Update
Check out the update video HERE.  If you would like to be included in the next update, just let me know, and I'd be happy to involve as many people as we can.

Staff Meeting Wrap-Up
I left our staff meeting feeling really good about the collaboration that took place.  Thanks to the teachers who shared their experiences, and if anyone that didn't get to share, has built in successful strategies to facilitate higher level discussions, please let me know, and we'll continue to spread those great practices to others.

Literacy Committee Meeting Summary
The Literacy Committee met on Thursday afternoon, and discussed two agenda items.  The first was to finalize plans for putting up a bulletin board for each grade level highlighting the great books that our students are reading.  The second was to debrief about the first round of book talks, and discuss plans for a future event.  The committee felt that overall the books talks were successful in achieving our goal of promoting reading, and getting kids excited about reading certain titles, as we have waiting lists for many of the books that were shared!  There were a couple of kinks to work out, and we plan to run another round later in the school year.  If you have a book that you feel would be a hit, and are interested in sharing, please let me know.

Students of the Month
The next Student of the Month Breakfast will be next Thursday (12/15) at 7:00 am in the IMC.  Congratulations to this month's recipients:

Trinity Frey     Kaitlyn Priske     Garret Johnson     Morgan Wierzba     Braiden Krysiak
                  Maddie Morton          Peyton Horne          Emily Mankowski  

Twitter Find of the Week
 8 hours ago
Fun ways to get your students talking to each other beyond the standard class discussion: .

Duty Next Week
Morning - Pittner, Johnson
Bus - Hendrickson

Data
Tardy Data (through 2nd Friday in December)

15-16 - 747 total, 125 students with at least 1
16-17 - 395 total, 108 students with at least 1
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The Middle Update 12/9/16

It's mid-December already, and the winter weather appears ready to be a solid presence in our lives for the next few months.  As we move closer to winter break, I am continually impressed by the way our teachers value the precious instructional minutes that we have with our students.  As we get closer to an extended break in a week and a half, this structure and focus are critical to ending 2016 on a positive, learning-focused note with momentum building towards even higher achievement for all in 2017.

The Rogness Babies are Here!
Julie and Kyle successfully welcomed Blake (6lbs, 14oz, 19.5in) and Will (6lbs, 5oz, 20in) into the world yesterday and reports from Julie indicate that everything is going great.

November/December Update
Check out the update video HERE.  If you would like to be included in the next update, just let me know, and I'd be happy to involve as many people as we can.

Staff Meeting Wrap-Up
I left our staff meeting feeling really good about the collaboration that took place.  Thanks to the teachers who shared their experiences, and if anyone that didn't get to share, has built in successful strategies to facilitate higher level discussions, please let me know, and we'll continue to spread those great practices to others.

Literacy Committee Meeting Summary
The Literacy Committee met on Thursday afternoon, and discussed two agenda items.  The first was to finalize plans for putting up a bulletin board for each grade level highlighting the great books that our students are reading.  The second was to debrief about the first round of book talks, and discuss plans for a future event.  The committee felt that overall the books talks were successful in achieving our goal of promoting reading, and getting kids excited about reading certain titles, as we have waiting lists for many of the books that were shared!  There were a couple of kinks to work out, and we plan to run another round later in the school year.  If you have a book that you feel would be a hit, and are interested in sharing, please let me know.

Students of the Month
The next Student of the Month Breakfast will be next Thursday (12/15) at 7:00 am in the IMC.  Congratulations to this month's recipients:

Trinity Frey     Kaitlyn Priske     Garret Johnson     Morgan Wierzba     Braiden Krysiak
                  Maddie Morton          Peyton Horne          Emily Mankowski  

Twitter Find of the Week
 8 hours ago
Fun ways to get your students talking to each other beyond the standard class discussion: .

Duty Next Week
Morning - Pittner, Johnson
Bus - Hendrickson

Data
Tardy Data (through 2nd Friday in December)

15-16 - 747 total, 125 students with at least 1
16-17 - 395 total, 108 students with at least 1